SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS

Set in BRONX, New York, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is a rural-scale middle school, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. It serves 137 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 15,705 students; SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is among them.

On demographics, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Across the wider county, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is one.

The closest other public school is ACCION ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.0%.

SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS's enrollment has decreased 55% since 2018, when it stood at 304 (now 137). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.